sullenness
Roget-categorie 901a
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.3. Sympathetic affections
›› 6.3.1. Social affections
#901a.
Sullenness
zelfstandig naamwoord
sullenness
etc.
adj. —
morosity†,
spleen —
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895 —
irascibility
etc.
901.
moodiness
etc.
adj. —
perversity —
obstinacy
etc.
606 —
torvity†,
spinosity† —
crabbedness
etc.
adj..
ill temper,
bad temper,
ill humor,
bad humor —
sulks,
dudgeon,
mumps†,
dumps,
doldrums,
fit of the sulks,
bouderie [Fr.],
black looks,
scowl —
grouch —
huff
etc.
(resentment)
900.
werkwoord
be sullen
etc.
adj. —
sulk —
frown,
scowl,
lower,
glower,
gloam†,
pout,
have a hangdog look,
glout†.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
sullen,
sulky —
ill-tempered,
ill-humored,
ill-affected,
ill-disposed —
grouty [U.S.] —
in an ill temper,
in a bad temper,
in a shocking temper,
in an ill humor,
in a bad humor,
in a shocking humor —
out of temper,
out of humor —
knaggy†,
torvous†,
crusty,
crabbed —
sour,
sour as a crab —
surly
etc.
(discourteous)
895.
moody —
spleenish†,
spleenly† —
splenetic,
cankered.
cross,
crossgrained† —
perverse,
wayward,
humorsome† —
restiff†,
restive —
cantankerous,
intractable,
exceptious†,
sinistrous†,
deaf to reason,
unaccommodating,
rusty,
froward —
cussed [U.S.].
dogged
etc.
(stubborn)
606.
grumpy,
glum,
grim,
grum†,
morose,
frumpish —
in the sulks
etc.
n. —
out of sorts —
scowling,
glowering,
growling —
grouchy.
peevish
etc.
(irascible)
901.
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